From Grant Allen 21 February [1879]
The transcript of this letter is not yet available online.
Summary
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
Summary
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11894
- From
- Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Bonchurch Rd, 22
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 44
- Physical description
- 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11894,” accessed on 12 December 2019, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-11894.xml
